Bruce Ratner
The Man Who Brought the Nets to Brooklyn
In an excerpt from the book "The Brooklyn Wars", author Neil deMause details how developer Bruce Ratner plotted to build the Barclays Center in order to attract the Nets to Brooklyn.
A Vote Against a Rent Freeze Means New York Is Still Run by and for the Rich
NYC's Rent Guidelines Board didn't get the memo about Bill de Blasio's progressive utopia.
Jay-Z Barely Owns the Nets and That Barely Matters
Despite owning the most hilariously small sliver of the Nets’ pizza pie, Jay-Z basically facilitated the Nets’ migration across from Jersey to Brooklyn. He's the team's mascot, its public face, and he's laughing all the way to the bank.
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